what day is it again?

 I'd like to be a lion tamer

Sequins and tights and silk top hats

I know I could be a lion tamer

I've always gotten along with cats

This poster makes me think about raising a family, about being a mother. 

I'd have a whip but never use it

I'd simply hold it in my hand

I'd like to be a lion tamer

If I could be a lion tamer

I would be someone grand

As a matter of fact, so do most of the circus posters - the jugglers, the ringmaster, the overcrowded car driving the same route over and over while little clowns pour out of it, the impossibly balanced acrobats....

I'm not a proponent of holidays that were invented to sell cards and flowers and put stress on restaurants, but it's always nice to be appreciated, and to express appreciation.

Ev'ryone has a special calling

Something that only she can do

so here's to all of us who spend our days and nights 

juggling and balancing, pulling rabbits out of hats 

and keeping the globe spinning.

Which is not to say I don't love the cards and the flowers, of course I do.

Not because it's any special day

Only because they come from you.

The Lion Tamer lyric is from The Magic Show

by Stephen Schwartz. The only version to 

hear is Kristin  Chenoweth's, which you can 

find on YouTube.